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Fleabanes (Erigeron)
The fleabanes genus is a collection of species that look a little like daisies, with many petalled flowers ranging from white to pink in color. The natural species aren’t popular garden plants since they spread like weeds, but you are probably familiar with some of the cultivar varieties with blooms that commonly feature in gardens and floral arrangements.
Lifespan
Perennial
Key Facts About Fleabanes
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Attributes of Fleabanes
Plant Height
25 cm
Spread
25 cm
Flower Color
White
Yellow
Purple
Pink
Leaf type
Semi-evergreen
Scientific Classification of Fleabanes
Distribution of Fleabanes
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Distribution Map of Fleabanes
Native
Cultivated
Invasive
Potentially invasive
Exotic
No species reported
How to Grow and Care for Fleabanes
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Belonging to the daisy family (Asteraceae), the genus fleabanes is characterized by its hardy temperament and abundant flowering. Basic care involves full sun to partial shade, well-drained, nutrient-rich soil, and moderate watering with adjustments during dry spells. Common challenges include powdery mildew, rust, and aphids, while sensitivity to water logging makes adequate drainage paramount. Seasonal considerations include deadheading spent blooms in summer for better flowering and winter mulching in harsh climates to protect the root system.
How to Water Fleabanes?
What Are the Sunlight Requirements for Fleabanes?
How to Propagate Fleabanes?
How to Plant Fleabanes?
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8 most common species：
Philadelphia fleabane
Erigeron philadelphicus, colloquially known as philadelphia fleabane and fleabane daisy, is a herbaceous biennial or perennial plant commonly found in meadows, fields, woodlands, and along roadsides all over North America. This is an introduced species in Europe and Asia, and it is considered an invasive species in certain regions of these two continents.
Horseweed
Horseweed is a North American herbaceous annual plant with a hairy stem, numerous pointed leaves, and waxy inflorescence. It has been naturalized in Eurasia and Australia, where it is a common weed in urban and agricultural regions. Horseweed can be used in a survival situation to start a friction fire.
Prairie fleabane
The prairie fleabane is a type of daisy that is native to eastern and central North America. It is possible for one plant to produce as many as 200 flower heads. They have been introduced to Asia and Europe and naturalized there. They are somewhat weedy bud did not cause many problems.
Annual fleabane
While native to North America, the annual fleabane has been introduced to other places around the world, as well as in 43 states of the United States. It is a popular choice for bees, flies, wasps, and butterflies as a source of nectar, but is invasive and is threatening the native ecosystem where they grow.
Mexican fleabane
Mexican fleabane (Erigeron karvinskianus) is a vigorous, spreading perennial plant growing from woody rhizomes. Mexican fleabane is native to Mexico, Central America, Colombia and Venezuela. This species is often cultivated for its daisy-like flowers, but it is not the true daisy Bellis perennis. Mexican fleabane, however, is closely related to Bellis perennis.
Guernsey fleabane
Guernsey fleabane (Erigeron sumatrensis) is a herbaceous tropical annual that will grow from 91 to 183 cm tall. Clusters of cream-colored bell-shaped flowers bloom from winter to summer. Considered a noxious weed in many areas it provides nectar and pollen for bees and other pollinating insects.
Flaxleaf fleabane
Flaxleaf fleabane (Erigeron bonariensis) is an annual plant with distinctive blue-green foliage. Flaxleaf fleabane is considered a weed. This species is often found growing along concrete cracks in driveways and sidewalks. Tt is also found in pastures, gardens and roadsides. Flaxleaf fleabane produces many seeds, which are dispersed by wind and transported by animals, vehicles and people.
Seaside daisy
The Erigeron glaucus is a wildflower native to the western United States. Commonly called the seaside daisy, it's often found on coastal bluffs. The blossoms can range in color from blue or purple to nearly white and bloom in winter, spring and summer, attracting bees and butterflies.
All Species of Fleabanes
Philadelphia fleabane
Philadelphia fleabane
Erigeron philadelphicus, colloquially known as philadelphia fleabane and fleabane daisy, is a herbaceous biennial or perennial plant commonly found in meadows, fields, woodlands, and along roadsides all over North America. This is an introduced species in Europe and Asia, and it is considered an invasive species in certain regions of these two continents.
Horseweed
Horseweed
Horseweed is a North American herbaceous annual plant with a hairy stem, numerous pointed leaves, and waxy inflorescence. It has been naturalized in Eurasia and Australia, where it is a common weed in urban and agricultural regions. Horseweed can be used in a survival situation to start a friction fire.
Prairie fleabane
Prairie fleabane
The prairie fleabane is a type of daisy that is native to eastern and central North America. It is possible for one plant to produce as many as 200 flower heads. They have been introduced to Asia and Europe and naturalized there. They are somewhat weedy bud did not cause many problems.
Annual fleabane
Annual fleabane
While native to North America, the annual fleabane has been introduced to other places around the world, as well as in 43 states of the United States. It is a popular choice for bees, flies, wasps, and butterflies as a source of nectar, but is invasive and is threatening the native ecosystem where they grow.
Mexican fleabane
Mexican fleabane
Mexican fleabane (Erigeron karvinskianus) is a vigorous, spreading perennial plant growing from woody rhizomes. Mexican fleabane is native to Mexico, Central America, Colombia and Venezuela. This species is often cultivated for its daisy-like flowers, but it is not the true daisy Bellis perennis. Mexican fleabane, however, is closely related to Bellis perennis.
Guernsey fleabane
Guernsey fleabane
Guernsey fleabane (Erigeron sumatrensis) is a herbaceous tropical annual that will grow from 91 to 183 cm tall. Clusters of cream-colored bell-shaped flowers bloom from winter to summer. Considered a noxious weed in many areas it provides nectar and pollen for bees and other pollinating insects.
Flaxleaf fleabane
Flaxleaf fleabane
Flaxleaf fleabane (Erigeron bonariensis) is an annual plant with distinctive blue-green foliage. Flaxleaf fleabane is considered a weed. This species is often found growing along concrete cracks in driveways and sidewalks. Tt is also found in pastures, gardens and roadsides. Flaxleaf fleabane produces many seeds, which are dispersed by wind and transported by animals, vehicles and people.
Seaside daisy
Seaside daisy
The Erigeron glaucus is a wildflower native to the western United States. Commonly called the seaside daisy, it's often found on coastal bluffs. The blossoms can range in color from blue or purple to nearly white and bloom in winter, spring and summer, attracting bees and butterflies.
Aspen Fleabane
Aspen Fleabane
A member of the daisy family aspen Fleabane is a clumpy perennial with pink white or lavender flowers. Native to parts of North American this showy flower blooms summer through fall. A popular flower for gardens as a ground cover and in garden borders.
Robin's Plantain
Robin's Plantain
The robin's Plantain attractively blooms in late spring to summer with small white florets that have yellow at their centers, identical to common daisy plants. This plant requires little care and maintenance and is best suited for rock, cottage, and butterfly gardens. The specific epithet, pulchellus, from its Latin name, Erigeron pulchellus, means 'beautiful.'
Spreading fleabane
Spreading fleabane
Widely known as spreading fleabane, the Erigeron divergens is native to western North America. It's highly variable in form and can produce one to multiple stems with over 100 flower heads. It blooms in pinks, yellows, and purples from early spring to late autumn. Spreading fleabane was viewed as a good luck charm by the native Kiowa tribe.
Bitter fleabane
Bitter fleabane
Bitter fleabane is a species in the buttercup family found growing in wastelands, quarries, dunes, and on walls and rocks. This perennial is best known and admired for its fluffy seed head that resembles the common dandelion.
Subalpine fleabane
Subalpine fleabane
Subalpine fleabane (Erigeron peregrinus) is a member of the sunflower family that is native to northwestern North America. It is also sometimes known by the common names wandering fleabane or wandering daisy. It grows well in moist habitats such as stream banks and meadows.
Leafy fleabane
Leafy fleabane
Leafy fleabane (Erigeron foliosus) is a perennial herb species native to California. Leafy fleabane grows from Oregon to Baja California in North America. This species attracts butterflies and moths.
Wandering daisy
Wandering daisy
Wandering daisy is a flowering perennial in the daisy family, native to the northwestern United States. It probably gets its common name from its ability to spread through underground rhizomes, giving it the appearance of wandering.
Large mountain fleabane
Large mountain fleabane
Large mountain fleabane (Erigeron coulteri) is an herbaceous perennial that blooms from summer to fall with white daisy-like flowers with yellow disc centers. Native to the southwestern United States it is commonly found growing wild in moist wooded areas stream banks and open fields.
Shortray fleabane
Shortray fleabane
The Erigeron lonchophyllus is an American and Asian flowering plant. It is part of the daisy family, and also known as the shortray fleabane. It is a biennial herb that can grow up to 60 cm long.
Dwarf mountain fleabane
Dwarf mountain fleabane
It is apparent that dwarf mountain fleabane (Erigeron compositus) is a member of the daisy family as soon as its classic white and yellow flowers begin to bloom. In fact, these flowers are the best way to recognize this tough little plant where it thrives in arctic climates. The plant spreads laterally in characteristic dense mounds using underground rhizomes and moors itself in place in loose rock and soil using a taproot.
Lobed fleabane
Lobed fleabane
Erigeron lobatus is a branching annual herb up to 50 cm tall, producing a taproot. The leaves are up to 10 cm long, with pinnatifid or bipinnatifid lobes. The plant produces 1-5 flower heads per stem, each head with up to 110 white ray florets surrounding numerous yellow disc florets. The species grows in desert regions, often alongside creosotebush.
Dwarf yellow fleabane 'Grand Ridge'
Dwarf yellow fleabane 'Grand Ridge'
Dwarf yellow fleabane 'Grand Ridge' is a Dwarf yellow fleabane that forms dense mats. It has gray-green leaves and yellow flowers, which bloom throughout the summer. While the parent plant grows up to 15 cm, dwarf yellow fleabane 'Grand Ridge' is smaller and only grows up to 10 cm.
Variable fleabane
Variable fleabane
Erigeron acer is a biennial or perennial herb up to 1 m tall, producing a taproot and a woody rhizome. One plant can produce many small flower heads, each with pink, lilac, or occasionally white ray florets and yellow disc florets.
Seaside daisy 'Sea Breeze'
Seaside daisy 'Sea Breeze'
The coastal seaside daisy 'Sea Breeze' thrives in sandy dunes, displaying a hardy nature with dense mounds of silvery-blue foliage. It boasts a profusion of cheerful daisy-like flowers, varying in hues from lavender to pink, which bloom throughout spring and summer, attracting a host of pollinators. Its salt-tolerant leaves and resilience to sea spray make it a quintessential seaside garden inhabitant.
Fleabane 'Foersters Liebling'
Fleabane 'Foersters Liebling'
Fleabane 'Foersters Liebling' boasts an abundance of daisy-like, pinkish-purple blooms that stand out against its dense clump of dark green foliage. These flowers, drawing in pollinators, appear in late spring to early summer, thriving in well-drained soil with ample sunlight. Resilient and easy to care for, fleabane 'Foersters Liebling' adds a charming touch to borders and cottage gardens.
Fleabane
Fleabane
The fleabane looks a little like daisies, with many petalled flowers ranging from white to pink in color. The natural species aren’t popular garden plants since they spread like weeds, but you are probably familiar with some of the cultivar varieties with blooms that commonly feature in gardens and floral arrangements.
More Popular Genus
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Dracaena
Dracaena are popular house plants that are easy to grow. They can tolerate low-light conditions and require little watering. Their leaves range from variegated to dark green. Their characteristic traits include woody stems that grow slowly but offer a striking appearance for small spaces such as apartments or offices.
Fig trees
Fig trees have been cultivated in many regions for their fruits, particularly the common fig, F. carica. Most of the species have edible fruits, although the common fig is the only one of commercial value. Fig trees are also important food sources for wildlife in the tropics, including monkeys, bats, and insects.
Brambles
Brambles are members of the rose family, and there are hundreds of different types to be found throughout the European countryside. They have been culturally significant for centuries; Christian folklore stories hold that when the devil was thrown from heaven, he landed on a bramble bush. Their vigorous growth habit can tangle into native plants and take over.
Maples
The popular tree family known as maples change the color of their leaves in the fall. Many cultural traditions encourage people to watch the colors change, such as momijigari in Japan. Maples popular options for bonsai art. Alternately, their sap is used to create maple syrup.
Prunus
Prunus is a genus of flowering fruit trees that includes almonds, cherries, plums, peaches, nectarines, and apricots. These are often known as "stone fruits" because their pits are large seeds or "stones." When prunus trees are damaged, they exhibit "gummosis," a condition in which the tree's gum (similar to sap) is secreted to the bark to help heal external wounds.
Nightshades
Nightshades is a large and diverse genus of plants, with more than 1500 different types worldwide. This genus incorporates both important staple food crops like tomato, potato, and eggplant, but also dangerous poisonous plants from the nightshade family. The name was coined by Pliny the Elder almost two thousand years ago.
Roses
Most species of roses are shrubs or climbing plants that have showy flowers and sharp thorns. They are commonly cultivated for cut flowers or as ornamental plants in gardens due to their attractive appearance, pleasant fragrance, and cultural significance in many countries. The rose hips (fruits) can also be used in jams and teas.
Oaks
Oaks are among the world's longest-lived trees, sometimes growing for over 1,000 years! The oldest known oak tree is in the southern United States and is over 1,500 years old. Oaks produce an exceedingly popular type of wood which is used to make different products, from furniture and flooring to wine barrels and even cosmetic creams.
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About
Key Facts
Distribution
How To Care
All Species
More Genus
Fleabanes
Erigeron
The fleabanes genus is a collection of species that look a little like daisies, with many petalled flowers ranging from white to pink in color. The natural species aren’t popular garden plants since they spread like weeds, but you are probably familiar with some of the cultivar varieties with blooms that commonly feature in gardens and floral arrangements.
Lifespan
Perennial
Key Facts About Fleabanes
Feedback
Attributes of Fleabanes
Plant Height
25 cm
Spread
25 cm
Flower Color
White
Yellow
Purple
Pink
Leaf type
Semi-evergreen
Scientific Classification of Fleabanes
Distribution of Fleabanes
Feedback
Distribution Map of Fleabanes
Native
Cultivated
Invasive
Potentially invasive
Exotic
No species reported
How to Grow and Care for Fleabanes
Feedback
Belonging to the daisy family (Asteraceae), the genus fleabanes is characterized by its hardy temperament and abundant flowering. Basic care involves full sun to partial shade, well-drained, nutrient-rich soil, and moderate watering with adjustments during dry spells. Common challenges include powdery mildew, rust, and aphids, while sensitivity to water logging makes adequate drainage paramount. Seasonal considerations include deadheading spent blooms in summer for better flowering and winter mulching in harsh climates to protect the root system.
How to Water Fleabanes?
What Are the Sunlight Requirements for Fleabanes?
How to Propagate Fleabanes?
How to Plant Fleabanes?
Exploring the Fleabanes Plants
Feedback
8 most common species：
Philadelphia fleabane
Erigeron philadelphicus, colloquially known as philadelphia fleabane and fleabane daisy, is a herbaceous biennial or perennial plant commonly found in meadows, fields, woodlands, and along roadsides all over North America. This is an introduced species in Europe and Asia, and it is considered an invasive species in certain regions of these two continents.
Horseweed
Horseweed is a North American herbaceous annual plant with a hairy stem, numerous pointed leaves, and waxy inflorescence. It has been naturalized in Eurasia and Australia, where it is a common weed in urban and agricultural regions. Horseweed can be used in a survival situation to start a friction fire.
Prairie fleabane
The prairie fleabane is a type of daisy that is native to eastern and central North America. It is possible for one plant to produce as many as 200 flower heads. They have been introduced to Asia and Europe and naturalized there. They are somewhat weedy bud did not cause many problems.
Annual fleabane
While native to North America, the annual fleabane has been introduced to other places around the world, as well as in 43 states of the United States. It is a popular choice for bees, flies, wasps, and butterflies as a source of nectar, but is invasive and is threatening the native ecosystem where they grow.
Show More Species
All Species of Fleabanes
Philadelphia fleabane
Horseweed
Prairie fleabane
Annual fleabane
Mexican fleabane
Guernsey fleabane
Flaxleaf fleabane
Seaside daisy
Aspen Fleabane
Robin's Plantain
Spreading fleabane
Bitter fleabane
Subalpine fleabane
Leafy fleabane
Wandering daisy
Large mountain fleabane
Shortray fleabane
Dwarf mountain fleabane
Lobed fleabane
Dwarf yellow fleabane 'Grand Ridge'
Variable fleabane
Seaside daisy 'Sea Breeze'
Fleabane 'Foersters Liebling'
Fleabane
More Popular Genus
Feedback
Dracaena
Dracaena are popular house plants that are easy to grow. They can tolerate low-light conditions and require little watering. Their leaves range from variegated to dark green. Their characteristic traits include woody stems that grow slowly but offer a striking appearance for small spaces such as apartments or offices.
Fig trees
Fig trees have been cultivated in many regions for their fruits, particularly the common fig, F. carica. Most of the species have edible fruits, although the common fig is the only one of commercial value. Fig trees are also important food sources for wildlife in the tropics, including monkeys, bats, and insects.
Brambles
Brambles are members of the rose family, and there are hundreds of different types to be found throughout the European countryside. They have been culturally significant for centuries; Christian folklore stories hold that when the devil was thrown from heaven, he landed on a bramble bush. Their vigorous growth habit can tangle into native plants and take over.
Maples
The popular tree family known as maples change the color of their leaves in the fall. Many cultural traditions encourage people to watch the colors change, such as momijigari in Japan. Maples popular options for bonsai art. Alternately, their sap is used to create maple syrup.
Prunus
Prunus is a genus of flowering fruit trees that includes almonds, cherries, plums, peaches, nectarines, and apricots. These are often known as "stone fruits" because their pits are large seeds or "stones." When prunus trees are damaged, they exhibit "gummosis," a condition in which the tree's gum (similar to sap) is secreted to the bark to help heal external wounds.
Nightshades
Nightshades is a large and diverse genus of plants, with more than 1500 different types worldwide. This genus incorporates both important staple food crops like tomato, potato, and eggplant, but also dangerous poisonous plants from the nightshade family. The name was coined by Pliny the Elder almost two thousand years ago.
Roses
Most species of roses are shrubs or climbing plants that have showy flowers and sharp thorns. They are commonly cultivated for cut flowers or as ornamental plants in gardens due to their attractive appearance, pleasant fragrance, and cultural significance in many countries. The rose hips (fruits) can also be used in jams and teas.
Oaks
Oaks are among the world's longest-lived trees, sometimes growing for over 1,000 years! The oldest known oak tree is in the southern United States and is over 1,500 years old. Oaks produce an exceedingly popular type of wood which is used to make different products, from furniture and flooring to wine barrels and even cosmetic creams.
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